Freestyle wrestler and gold medallist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Odunayo Adekuoroye, speaks to Mobola Sadiq about her career, challenges facing female wrestlers, marriage and other issuesWhat can you tell us about your childhood? The wrestling coach saw me crying and said if I wanted to wrestle, he would take me to the same competition. After I won a gold medal at the games, I made up my mind to be a full-time wrestler. If not for him, I don’t think people would know who Odunayo is today. There are different tournaments but games like the All African Games, Commonwealth Games (and others in that category) pay well– as much as seven thousand dollars.

Source: Punch January 26, 2020 00:11 UTC